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The movie, somewhat a cheesy, WWII era newsreel parody chicken taco, with a smattering of saucy actresses, battered in sci-fi battle gore, CG hot sauce, and peppered with testosterone and Michael Ironside, all rolled up in a B movie pita, is such a taste away from the mild space epic glaze of beefy mech-suits and watered-down-Pepsi battles, marinated in Heinlien's 1940's social commentary, so comparing the two is akin to saying Taco Bell is REAL Mexican food.

I read the book years ago, after having such a good time with the movie. I mean what's NOT to love about that flik? Anyway, the movie is a fun departure on the more serious nature of the book, which was woven with Heinlien's political, military and moral values. The most interesting thread I took away was: Citizenship attainable only through military service. Only citizens can vote, so if you want that right, you'll risk your life for it.

what's happened with this. I figured I'd have to play catch-up when I got back, but no one else has put anything up. :(

"My village burns and you stand in apathy for want of a knowledge you don't understand. What is this thing you seek for which you'd pay with innocent blood?!" she snapped.

"Freedom." The words barely escaped him.

"Freedom!?" she paused incredulously. " The door to your cage stands already open, awaiting you to slumber through it, on to your next Utopia." she burned. "Now, take your prize and leave me be! Real tasks are for the capable." In an instant, the woman rounded and marched hurriedly off, opposite the fleeing villagers.

"Wait!" Griogair called after the river of red hair, streaming through the ever thickening branches of briar wood trees. "You have it all wrong!"

Surprised at the speed of the retreating waif, Griogair found himself panting as he hurried on, farther away from the village tumult. Behind him the screams and fires faded into the leafy rustles of his own determined feet. Griogair wondered why it prodded him so, that he must explain himself to this unlikely judge. Shaking off his daydreaming haze, he slowed and advanced, quite perplexed at her total disappearance.

A muffled voice coaxed his eyes to the shadow of a tall rock, at first barely visible for the surrounding dense foliage. Approaching, the greenery revealed a small cave opening, tempting the curious Griogair inside.

Tracing the rocky corridor with his hands, Griogair tremulously approached the wispy fingers that snapped and beckoned him from the darkness into a kitchen-like dungeon. The fire that embraced a small black cauldron to boil, did little to warm the damp draft that chilled Griogair's bones.

"Do you want to know why you came here?" asked the familiar voice, now unsettlingly calm. The head of vibrant, curly locks he had so readily sought, now still, obscured it's down turned face, standing behind the fire.

Unusually active shadows on the wall behind the woman inspired him to gasp with sudden fear. Griogair checked his surroundings. " I think it odd you didn't flee along with your fellow villagers, but instead, came here."

"I have all the answers you seek. Perhaps they shall bring your demise... "

At 8/22/10 08:42 AM, FunnymanCharlie wrote: New stand-up clips:

"Me and my Ass"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Cbz-jXg jU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Let me know what you think; criticism welcomed.

The windsock gave me mental visuals I probably won't recover from. The daily rorschach bit was hilarious. Quite a good skit, through and through.

sounds fun. I'd like to jump in. Perhaps i will on the next one, if this one is full up with writers.

At 8/21/10 06:43 PM, IncendiaryProduction wrote:

At 8/21/10 06:39 PM, ChampionAnwar wrote: Hahahahahahaha only in America.

it wasnt in america. it was in florida. big difference.

That's funny. sometimes it sure doesn't feel much like it's in the US, most especially in south florida. Do they still teach english as a second language?

Who'd think it was cute to let the kid play with a bong? Someone else asked if they'd be considered a bad parent if thier kid was photographed with a beer. How about the same kid playing with an unloaded hand gun?

Bad parent? Of course!

Whilst the kid might not be in danger if the bong or the gun isn't loaded or beer may taste too strong for tots to drink, what parent in thier right mind would let thier kid play with such items, take pics and then send them around for folks to see?
What image will this kid have of the parents when he/she's old enough to make up thier own mind, seeing this kind of 'cute, harmless' photo?
Suppose other kids see this photo and pigeonhole the kid as a shooter, drinker or pothead.

Keep your vices and implements to yourselves and let the kid grow up without having to deal with such crap. Life is hard enough for kids the way it is.

And if we take the U.S. as an example (since we are discussing San Francisco in this case anyway), for a country which boasts of having the greatest Universities in the world, the world's highest standard of living, and other such claims, the parents within that country have systematically proven that they are incapable of taking responsibility for the health of their own children.

That's your opinion. Who gets to determine who is or isn't a capable parent? You? The govenment?

The solution, as with most problems and situations in life, lies in education. If parents were to take a more, I don't know, informative approach when raising/feeding their children, we would see a generation grow up who can make good choices for themselves.

Don't forget to include yourself in all this. I'm sure you would take offense at the same bunch of idiot officials saying that You, Yourself are somehow unfit to raise your own child and that child is not capable.

Until parents stop being so lazy and irresponsible, I see no problem with adding another harmless regulation into the thousands that corporations are already expected to follow.

Earlier, you said you didn't hold the business responsible for the actions of the parent, and yet here by this statement, you are. Punish the buisness with yet another regulation until you're satisfied that the poor, lazy folk get a clue. Again, who gets to make that claim?

Once again, I am not arguing in favour of being told what I can and can't eat. You people need to learn to read.

No, you argue to impose yet more regulations, touting the evil fast food joint lures kids with unfair marketing techniques, such as sports stars endorsees, happy meals and toys, on some unfounded notion that maybe a child concludes that such distractions construe good times.

You want to hold the business responsible for the parent's actions. It's not the toys that need regulated out of the meal, but rather the parents who need to make better decisions for thier children. Fries aren't less salty for the lack of a happy meal toy. I know you don't like the "parental choice" argument, but It is not the kid who is taking the parent to the store or buying the food.
Leave misguided regulations out of it and get to the heart of the problem.

Commodore Vic 20 with cassette tape-type disk drive. Classically jurassic!

At 8/16/10 01:42 AM, AlejanDROID wrote: Why do some users openly call themselves in their username words like "fat", or "ugly", and the one I see most on this site is "idiot"!

Because they CAN!

Why would you call yourself an idiot???

Took care of this one already.

You guys are living up to your name by calling yourself idiots. Any person with "idiot" in their usernmae or some other degrading term is stupid and should be treated he way there name states.

Perhaps, but who are you to judge? Why not let them be, in thier decision to name themselves as they see fit. It is, after all, thier choice.

You sound like as if you feel sorry for them for thier self-depricating name selections, but propose thier ill treatment because of it.

It's kind of like, someone with a degrading screen name taking offense to folks who have cold, robotic, machinery-sounding suffixed screen names and screaming obscinites at them, only because they sound as if they could use a little emotion handed thier way.

A few good ones I recall:

I had this hawaiian shirt that I loved and wore quite frequently. My friend asked me, "Where did you get that shirt?" I said "the ____ store" He replied. " Cool! Do they have Men's clothes there?"

After a practice one night, the band partook in telling many 'drummer' jokes, ripping him apart as best as possible. The final joke came from the drummer as he asked "Why did the drummer cross the road?" to which we all replied with silent, blank stares. His answer: "cuz fuck you!" hilarity ensued.

One night, a stare-down at a local club escalated into confrontation with a friend of mine who was threatened with a violent comment, to which he responded "did you ever have to pick up your teeth with broken fingers?" The stunned look of the dumfounded adversary as he tried to work that one out was priceless!

At 8/16/10 12:34 AM, Gorgonof wrote: Just some topic questions, Should McDonalds be allowed to advertise on kid shows? I remember old Mcdonalds commercials and they gave me a view of Mcdonalds that was much, much better than the utter rubbish they really are, although I've never been overweight either. I don't think I personally would've hassled my parents about fast food because my dad would've smacked me upside the head if I tried that whiny bullshit. Which brings me to another question, should we really be letting parents who would feed their kids lots of greasy crap even raise children?

Should we!?!? My, Gosh! No! A parent who feeds thier kid McDonalds should be reported to Children and Youth Services immediately! Get them outta that abusive home and into the System where they're safe and away from that 'love' thier parents give to them. Let's pay some social worker $25 bucks an hour to do what the bigshot at CYS tells them is good for that poor little abused kid. It'll all be better for him now. You'll see.

Slightly off the record here, but I am a KFC guy anyway. It isn't any better, but I don't give a damn.

Amen! I'm partial to Long John's myself.

McDonalds uses the same techniques to get children addicted to the greasy, salty crap that it serves, which ends up killing people at young ages. I don't see why it should be exempt from regulation.

Really? Cool. You go live in that world where some ass in an office somewhere, who just happens to think he knows better than you about everything in your life, can tell you what you can or can not eat. Let's also pay that guy with your tax money. I'm sure you'll be plenty happy then.

Until then, I think I'll decide if I wanna buy my kid a McArteryClogger. I'll probably pass. Yes, even if the toy doesn't suck. I still have the choice. Rejoice!

At 8/12/10 11:04 PM, andy16 wrote:
Effectively, the rich these people become the more it helps everyone else. Money and the illusion of sussec is just the incentive for them to help others. (Imagine, being altruistic without even knowing it)

There is no illusion of success here AND there is no money. I see those who work hard getting robbed for the benefit of the lazy. How long would the ambitious put forth effort if half of the reward for his deeds were taken away? Who's gonna even get outta bed in the morning when all they have to do is just wait for the check?
Where's this money going to come from after all the ambitious folks become extinct? uh oh! better instate more government agencies to control the behavior of the citizens, so they don't become lazy. hmmmm, now how do we fund that and pay the new government employees? More taxes! yay! Anyone see where this is going?
How long does someone endure constant rape before they fight back. How soon would it's citizens rage against that machine? Smell the revolution in the air.

As far as being altruistic, wouldn't it be better to know it? Wouldn't it feel better to give freely and enjoy your sense of charity than to never know how your hand has helped? Personally, I never want an institution tell me Who, What, Where, When, Why or How I have to give. I should have that choice. I should be responsible for myself and my finances and my decisions, not some ass in a chair on a powertrip.

It is easier to sound professional when you're proving something wrong. But no one here claims to be an expert so just discuss ways something CLOSE to this could work, quit pointing to their proposal and saying "NUH UH"... Their proposal is irrelevant, it can be changed and if you can think of a way to modify it or adapt it to better suit your own ideas then do it.

I'd modify it by taking out the two monetary systems, and removing the underlying communist practice and rid the population of the redundant government needed to operate such a whale. Less government is better. Fewer organizations taking my money for thier taxes and telling me how to spend what little I keep. I think, that's where I'd start with this one.

At 8/12/10 02:35 AM, Tenpenny69 wrote: So is this building upon the idea of communism ?

absolutely. We're all equal and no one is better than anyone else and all work to support everyone. That's it in a nutshell, kinda even sounds good on paper-- maybe even warm and fuzzies in the heart. ...BUT, if you have something someone else doesn't, we can't all be equal anymore, so what then becomes the magic word? Can we say 'redistribution?'

At least its a solution. If people keep standing around saying things like "well, not the greatest idea" then you may as well grab a fucking shovel and help dig the hole we are in even deeper.

...this is a soulution? Perhaps it's more like saying "we can reinvent the wheel and make it better by adding four flat surfaces connected by 90 degree angles along it's edge."

Ok, it's an idea, and who can fault someone for wanting to dream up the cure-all scheme to rehabilitate the world, but this thing probably makes more sense if you're huffing ether during an acid trip.

Setting aside for a moment the wonderous 'dual monetary system', the 'Yay! everyone is equal' banner on this 'solution' is just another way of saying, "why yes, we do enjoy our communism." Let's put them on an island and see how long Jimmy-DoAll enjoys working his fingers to the bone for the dubious honor of being touted 'equal to' Larry-LazyPants, the town sponge that doesn't lift a finger, but does enjoy that same honored title along side his comrade.

Now, whether it be based on cold, hard cash-ola or deeds-for-needs, no one likes getting less for doing more with nothing else than a pat on the back and the notion of being a good citizen. If we have one currency that won't work, adding one more on top of it, used just for big, shiny, pretty things won't cut it either.

Oh, but it will make for a wonderful new bunch of government and government workers to oversee and tell us just how great we're all doing for the good of our society.

Let's get back to the banner -- equality. Yes, Jimmy Do-All you've used your luxury money wisely and bought a pool for your kids and a diamond for the girl you'll marry, but Larry over here doesn't have that such stuff. How can we all be equal, now?

Are you picking up what I'm throwing down, here folks? This shit is bunk.

The King James version of the bible reads much like sober, old english legal doctrine, written for modern-day-Old-Order Amish country folk and remains quite confusing to the non-try-lingual and all it's 'thee's and thou's, with which-begat-this-and-what-begat-that' speak, but of course, there are much more readable versions. Ask any of the kindly folks at your nearest Christian bookstore to get you on the right track.

I walked along, beside this angel
across the rolling sea,
but everyone comes to a point when
they just don't believe...

Today, my friend, you are remembered.

To Adam, the livecorpse -- a unique and tormented soul with a taste for the demented and a flair for twisted vision. On this fateful day you are fondly remembered, my friend.

Thanks Tom, for remembering Adam (Livecorpse) in your history. While not the most technically gifted flash artist, he was definately one of the most prolific contributor at the site, submitting over 100 titles. Perhaps you could give a collection page to him in tribute. Thanks again.

...for all who care -- -- its June ---- another counter marking the time of our departed friend.

Friends -- take a few minutes of your time and remember, in your own way.

For those who don't know who Livecorpse is.... Just watch his flash. Over 100 contributions to choose from will keep you busy for a while.... Good or bad, LC's flash seemed to evoke some kind of passion from watchers. Some of his most entertaining pieces were of the worst qualilty, but for the comments people left!!!!! Astounding and arguably well worthy in entertainment value.

Rest in Peace, my friend.

Sounds like you had a good time there in France, Tom. I´ve been enjoying Spain for the last month or so. The only part about Europe I don´t like is the commute and I think that Madrid airport is pretty damn confusing anyway. I´ve been there 3 times now and I just can´t seem to get a smooth transition to the next flight. Last time I came into A Coruna airport, Iberia airlines was kind enough to loose ALL the luggage for my group of 30 people. The word of the day was WASH-N-WEAR. I didn´t think luggage was such a problem nowadays. Of course I´ll have one more time to prove me wrong when I leave for the US next week.
As far as getting sleep, well there´s the challenge as you know. Friends of mine recommend staying up a day or so before the flight, emptying out the mini bar at the hotel and getting really hammered before you get on the plane.
Luck to you on future trips abroad.

Lots of blue in the portal yesterday.... and here I thought it'd be a slow day and I might have a shot at the top 5......

Less than 24 hours have passed and my Supermodel Syndrome flash is gone off the portal..... I guess too many people were freaked out by the pics..... Perhaps I should've submitted next Tuesday......

At 9/26/05 03:51 PM, opposing_forces88 wrote: I fucking hate you all now. Hitler was a better man than you will ever be

I never liked a man I didn't meet. -George Carlin

Hmmm....Wanna take a bullet for a mass murdering hatemonger? Perhaps you'd like to try and reason with that wild-eyed man running towards you with a bomb strapped to his ass screaming "JIHAD!!!" He sure looks like he hates you .....well, HE doesn't have a GUN....

I have guns--I've never used them to kill anyone. Ideas are more dangerous than guns anyway and when I hear you spout off things like 'racial clensing' and 'Hitler is better than you' it makes me wonder what ideas are running about in your head. Since yer just a stupid ass kid, I can forgive you for being an idiot.

When you've had enough of being an ignorant dumbass, put down your Dad's klan handbook and do some thinking---for yourself for once!! Then go back and see if things make sense. For example: Meniacal meth-addicted warlords on mass culling sprees a half-century ago do not make most folks think peaceful thoughts.... Likewise, folks spewing out "I fucking hate you all now" doesn't make anyone want to give up thier guns.

If gun control is something you truly believe in, try changing your influences and attitude so you may get a more positive result. In the meantime, stop masturbating just long enough to go back to school. Maybe try paying attention for once so you can learn to know what the hell it is you're talking about.

At 9/26/05 10:19 PM, Morextremist wrote: I just don't feel like I'm parenting material. I'm a bad influence on myself actually.

....well, ya just never know how you'll deal with something until yer put in the situation... I never wanted to be a dad...I said the same as you're saying now. I figured I'd just have the name stop here, but now 12 years later, I've an 11 month old son who is just awesome. I thought I'd be horrible, but its not bad.... I guess I'm glad I waited as long as I did 'cause now I'm much wiser and have better understanding of what I should do. Its a maturity thing I guess. Don't count yerself out this early in the game. Someone told me that the folks who say they wouldn't be good are the same ones who ARE good when they have kids, simply because they've put lots more thought into it. ...I used to say 'I won't make a good dad cause of______' and now that I am one, I make sure I don't do that stupid ______ thing... Vascectomy or no vasectomy..... it doesn't matter, just don't sell yourself short.

Nice photos, but all a bit too serious.
check out mine... fun stuff

At 9/26/05 09:36 PM, LadyGrace wrote:

Get one when you're older, wiser, and generally smarter.

Get one when you're Genitally smarter......
Its a shame you just couldn't have 'em snipped a bit and then jumpered over to your bung hole....then you could still have yer spermies for to make lil' babers if you wanted.... of course you'd have to poop on her to get results... During normal secks, farting during orgasms may be splat-eriffic!!

I used to give guitar lessons to this kid whose mom put him in waaay too many after school activities. At first, he was really into learning the guitar, but then burned out after a few weeks. Soon he started telling me he "I forgot to practice this week, so I did my lesson on the way here in the car". Ok, well, try to get SOME practice in this week, I told him. Next week he tells me he didn't practice during the week. I asked if he practiced in the car and he says "NO, mom didn't have to stop at any red lights on the way over!!" That was his last lesson and the first time I decided to not take anymore students.